Scott Carothers, academic director for the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, highlights how shoddy tile work around a bathroom drain in a restaurant could have been avoided if the tile installers had referenced ANSI Standards, industry best practices—and a little common sense.
Resilient Floor Covering Institute President and CEO Bill Blackstock offers an update on the association's key initiatives for the second half of 2024 and provides an outlook for the resilient category of flooring.
Tile Council of North America (TCNA), tile manufacturers, installation material manufacturers, and various labor associations recently met to discuss additions and updates to ceramic, glass, and stone tile installation methods for incorporation in the 2024 TCNA Handbook.
Emser Tile, a designer and producer of tile and natural stone, announced the opening of Emser Tech, a state-of-the-art product testing facility that is equipped to effectively conduct all industry standards tests.
Louisville Tile Distributors recently hosted two conferences and trade shows for its sales and branch managers, held in Nashville, Tennessee, and Indianapolis, Indiana.
If you are making square cuts to make room for that water supply line, you need to rethink that decision. Scott explains what to use to prevent tile from cracking and what not to use.
Scott provides a situation in which the walls were not straight or square, causing the tile installation to appear crooked. He offers three tips to remedy the problem.